![]() ![]() The action inlet is nicely cut, although it’s not what I’d call a snug fit because it’s not glass-bedded. I pulled the action from the stock and examined it. Thankfully, Howa’s Super Lite isn’t one of them. Many modern stocks have completely lost touch with the fundamentals of aesthetic stock design. Inside the fore-end, the barrel is free-floated except for a pressure point at the fore-end tip. It’s fitted with a LimbSaver pad, and sling swivel studs are installed fore and aft. Said stock is nicely finished with multicolored paint in Kryptek Altitude or Kryptek Obskura Transitional camo. Howa’s barreled action is mated with a carbon-fiber stock by Stocky’s. Adapters are available from Silencer Central, Brownells and other sources, so if you own or are considering owning an appropriate-caliber suppressor that’s threaded 5/8x24, you can make it work on the Super Lite. 22 caliber centerfire rifles rather than the 5/8x24 pitch standard on centerfires of 6mm and up. That’s a thread pitch commonly reserved for rimfires and. This sample was in Kryptek Obskura. (RifleShooter Photo) × The nicely profiled Stocky’s stock is made of carbon fiber and available in two different camo patterns. 308 Win., the barrel is threaded 1/2x28 due to its tiny diameter. Up front, the muzzle of the ultra-slender barrel is threaded and is billed as “suppressor ready.” However, even though the Super Lite is chambered to 6.5 Creedmoor and. The action and barrel are blued chrome-moly steel. My test sample’s trigger tripped nice and clean at three pounds, three ounces. Its first stage is smooth and light the second stage is crisp. Howa opted to use its Howa Actuator Controlled Trigger (H.A.C.T.) two-stage trigger on the Super Lite. On the plus side, the profile and shaping of the trigger bow are sleek and attractive. Edges of the bottom metal are about 0.1 inch proud in the middle area, and at the front end the magazine itself protrudes nearly 0.1 inch below the bottom metal. The bottom “metal” works well with the provided single-stack magazine, but the fit to the stock around it isn’t exemplary. The Howa’s action is built with a polymer magazine well and trigger guard, which keeps weight to a minimum. Such rails are currently popular, but I’m not a fan of them on stocks without adjustable cheekpieces because they invariably place the scope way too high above the action. Up top, the action is fit with a one-piece, bridge-style optic rail. trigger was crisp and clean. (RifleShooter Photo) The safety is a three-position rocker, and the H.A.C.T. Action Time The action features a Picatinny rail, which von Benedikt felt places a scope too too high. Although the safety doesn’t appeal to me visually, I like it because it’s a three-position version that allows the shooter to lock the bolt closed when on Safe if desired. The bolt release button and the safety are both of stamped sheet steel. A robust M16-type extractor hauls cases out of the chamber, and a plunger-type ejector hurls them out the port. A backup lug is machined where the rear-swept bolt handle merges with the bolt body. The receiver is machined with an integral recoil lug, and it houses a forged bolt featuring dual, opposing locking lugs up front. The Super Lite is built on a slenderized version of Howa’s proven turn-bolt rifle action. It’s particularly appealing to small-framed shooters and kids, who may lack the strength to hold up traditional-weight centerfire hunting rifles. Built with a compact 20-inch barrel, the Super Lite is easy to strap to a backpack or stow behind the truck seat. It follows that it’s also extraordinarily nimble and lively in the hands. In the production-rifle realm, Howa’s svelte little rifle built on its “reduced” short action is the lightest of the light. ![]()
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